Ugh, shut up.
It's just so tiresome.
A bloke at work the other day chucked out the cliché that we didn't like Pardew because he was a southerner. I tried to put him right but had to walk off in the end before I did something I would regret.
There's no greater way to overcome that argument than this, I find.
Hughton - Southerner - Loved
Pardew - Hated
Carver - from Newcastle - Hated.
You're right but I generally find people are not interested in rational arguments. They are told Newcastle = a deluded, geordie nation and are quite happy to look no further because it means they don't have to do any thinking.